6.9

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Decent refreshing ale Hazed golden pour and a fine head. Fine lacing. Ok intensity in the aroma. Mellow sweetness and a pleasant carbonation level. Easy to drink. Malty, bread, fruity and mild citric flavor [Bottle at ’t Einde in Gent, Belgium]

7

Bottle from Drinks Vanuxeem, Ploegsteert, Belgium. Pours a hazy golden colour with a thin white head. Faint aromas of yellow fruits, doughy white bread and candied sugar. Taste has yellow and citrus fruity notes, some peppery spice and a light earthy hop on the dry finish. Thin to medium body with a light spritzy carbonation. Not a bad Blonde but nothing new here. Average.

7.2

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

33 cl bottle in the terrace of Cooking Dao, by the Oude Hansbrug, Keerbergen. A slightly hazy golden pour with some greenish highlights and a nice, thick, creamy, off-white head. In the nose the first notes are those typical of Belgian malts, in this case leaning towards a grassy hint, more than mint or eucalyptus. There's also lemon and cookies. Dry, full-bodied and crisp. There's more bitterness than usual in this style, it reminds me more of a tripel than a Belgian pale ale.

6.4

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

330ml bottle. Clear, yellow-ish golden colour with average, thick, creamy, moderately lasting and lacing, white head. Sweet-ish, biscuity, pale malty and yeasty fruity, minimally yeasty spicy aroma, notes of apricot jelly, herbal spicy overtones of sage and mint, whiffs of thin floral honey; later a peppery spicy touch of coriander and mustard seed on top. Taste is minimally metallic, bitter hoppy, pale malty and slightly yeasty spicy, minimally yeasty fruity, diluted hints of floral honey, mint, sage, some coriander and mustard seed, cautious biscuity malty basis with low residual sweetness. Minimally oily, watery texture, rather dry palate, fine, prickly carbonation. Surprisingly bitter hoppy, rather metallic, nice herbal and spicy aspects, very restricted fruitiness - meh.

5

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bouteille (@Rudat, DO): Clear, golden, lively carbonation, small white foamy layer, boozy malty nose with traces of older vegetables; moderate bitter-sweet flavour, full bodied - no doubt - but pretty fizzy: lingering fruity-bitter finish with warming boozy traces in the aftertaste. Sigh! Tastes like a Polish Mocne…

6.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle from Beers of Europe. Pours clear golden with a thin white head. Aromas of light spice and honey. Taste is light sweet, light spice. Sweet finish.